Đề thi HK2 môn Tiếng Anh 8 năm 2021-2022 trường THCS Thanh Đa

10/14/2022 8:56:15 AM

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.

Every year, the average temperature of the Earth's surface gets a little bit warmer. This gradual trend is called global warming. Warmer weather may sound nice, but global warming is something to be very concerned about.

Scientists are worried that continued warmer temperatures could damage the environment in many devastating ways. Rising temperatures might cause plants and animals to become extinct. They could melt enough polar ice to cause the levels of the sea to rise. Weather patterns could also change. There might be more droughts or serious storms with flooding. In some areas, human diseases could spread.

What is causing global warming? Humans are mostly to blame. Pollution from factories and cars adds toxic gases to the air. These gases rise to the Earth's atmosphere. As the sun’s rays warm the Earth, the gases work much like the glass in a greenhouse. They help trap the heat in the atmosphere and make the Earth grow warmer. That is why they are nicknamed “greenhouse gases.”

It is our responsibility to take care of our planet. Global warming is a serious problem with serious consequences. If we want future generations to enjoy their time on Earth, we must act now!

Which of the following is not a possible effect of global warming?

  • Weather patterns changing
  • Plants and animals becoming extinct
  • Polar ice becoming less melted
  • Human diseases spreading

In the sentence: “Warmer weather may sound nice, but global warming is something to be very concerned about.”, the author suggests that people may not _____.

  • understand how serious colder weather is
  • take global warming seriously
  • care about warmer weather
  • think warmer weather sounds nice

The word “blame” in paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to _____.

  • encourage
  • regret
  • criticize
  • compliment

From the description of greenhouse gases, it can be concluded that a greenhouse is _____.

  • a glass structure
  • the Earth
  • a colored home
  • a type of gas

This passage is mostly about _____.

  • the solutions to global warming
  • the different types of global warming
  • the reasons why global warming is not a serious problem
  • the causes and effects of global warming

Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each blank

No more teachers? No more books? For today's kids, the Internet has all the answers.

Gadgets come and go and most of them don't have a very long life. The Internet, , seems to be here to stay. The World Wide Web is now the largest information in the world and teenagers can find more or less anything they want there. They can download music and films, watch TV, listen to the radio, send e-mails and even shop online.

In the United States, for example, more than 78% of kids go online, according to a recent study. A lot of them are just surfing the Web and instant messaging their friends. But 94% of those online said they also used it schoolwork. This technology has allowed them to access a vast store of knowledge which was inaccessible before. With online tutoring and virtual schools, technology allows students to get specific help. It is also to be a part of a study group or discuss school projects with international e-mail pals. Perhaps more than anything, the Internet search engine Google has changed homework habits across the globe. But the problem is that it is so easy to “copy and paste” that teachers to change homework assignments or projects every year.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

  • think

  • through

  • then

  • thumb

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

  • sew

  • few

  • drew

  • news

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

  • mineral

  • pilot

  • five

  • size

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

  • audience
  • structural
  • important
  • natural

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

  • attractive
  • perception
  • cultural
  • expensive

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

  • colleague
  • decade
  • express
  • respect

_____ the Di Vinci Code? It's an interesting book.

  • Have you ever reading
  • Have you ever read
  • Has you read
  • You have read

Which country doesn't speak English as an official language?

  • England
  • Australia
  • Singapore
  • Korea

Charles _____ his father in the shop until school _____.

  • was helping - will start
  • helped - was starting
  • is helping - starts
  • has helped - is starting

When a volcanic eruption occurs, the hot _____ pours downhill.

  • ash
  • smoke
  • dirt
  • lava

I don't know how we can _____ with her. She's too far away.

  • keep in touch
  • cope
  • catch up
  • keep pace

At 8 a.m. tomorrow, he _____ with his friends in America.

  • are chatting
  • will be chatting
  • chatted
  • chats

"What's she doing?" asked I myself.

=> I wondered what _____.

  • as she doing
  • is she doing
  • she is doing
  • she was doing

It was guessed that the fish died _____ a powerful toxin in the sea water.

  • since
  • because
  • because of
  • as a result

The Earth would be a happy planet if human beings, animals and plants _____ co-existed.

  • peacefully
  • peace
  • peaceful
  • peaces

It _____ the Earth 365 days to go around the sun.

  • take
  • takes
  • taking
  • is taken

Mount Rushmore _____ from more than 100 kilometers away.

  • can see
  • sees
  • was seen
  • can be seen

He worked hard _____ he could pass the final exam.

  • so that
  • in order to
  • so as to
  • as result

Lang Lieu couldn't buy any special food _____ he was very poor.

  • although
  • when
  • while
  • because

Lac Long Quan missed his life in the sea; _____, he took 50 sons back there.

  • therefore
  • however
  • moreover
  • otherwise

While I _____ the performance, I met one of my old friends.

  • watched
  • was watching
  • watch
  • am watching

Taj Mahal is _____ famous of all India’s ancient buildings.

  • more
  • most
  • the most
  • best

My mother is very keen _____ growing roses.

  • on
  • in
  • of
  • about

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

My smartphone is so convenient that I bring it everywhere.

  • It is such a convenient smart phone that I bring it everywhere.
  • I bring my smart phone everywhere although it’s convenient.
  • My smart phone is not convenient enough for me to bring.
  • My smart phone is convenient so that I can’t bring it anywhere.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

We haven’t been to this gallery before.

  • We have never gone to galleries.
  • We haven’t ever been to any galleries.
  • Before going to this, we didn’t go to any other gallery.
  • This is the first time we have been to this gallery.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

Alex said: “I will try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.”

  • Alex said that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.
  • Alex told that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.
  • Alex asked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.
  • Alex talked that he would try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.

Choose the sentence that can be rearranged from the words given.

long/ to/ distances/ help/ long/ Aeroplanes/ in/ us/ the/ air.

  • Aeroplanes help to travel us long distances in the air.
  • Aeroplanes help us travel to long distances in the air.
  • Aeroplanes help us to travel long distances in the air.
  • Aeroplanes long help us to travel distances in the air.

Choose the sentence that can be rearranged from the words given.

Which/ is/ of/ best/ the/ the/ imitation/ four/ of/ nature?

  • Which of the four inventions is the best imitation of nature?
  • Which is of the four inventions the best imitation of nature?
  • Which of the best four inventions is the imitation of nature?
  • Which the four of inventions is the best imitation of nature?

Choose the sentence that can be rearranged from the words given.

who/ Could/ invented/ tell/ the/ you/ me/ light/ bulb?

  • Could me you tell who invented the light bulb?
  • Could you tell me who invented the light bulb?
  • Could who you tell me invented the light bulb?
  • Could you tell me the who invented light bulb?

Choose the sentence that can be rearranged from the words given.

The/ that/ USB/ helpful/ stick/ love/ is/ I/ so/ it/ so/ much.

  • The USB stick is helpful so that I love it so much.
  • The USB stick is so helpful so much that I love it.
  • The USB is so helpful stick that I love it so much.
  • The USB stick is so helpful that I love it so much.